Alfred Stearns

Alfred E. Stearns Ph.D


9th Principal of Phillips Academy
In office 1903–1933
Preceded by	Cecil Bancroft
Succeeded by	Claude Moore Fuess

Personal details
Born	Alfred Ernest Stearns (1871-06-06)June 6, 1871 Orange, New Jersey^[1]^[2]
Died	November 15, 1949(1949-11-15) (aged 78) Andover, Massachusetts^[1]
Resting place	Chapel Cemetery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA^[1]
Spouse	Kate Deane (m. 1900) ^[3]

Alfred Ernest Stearns (June 6, 1871^[2]^[4] - November 15, 1949^[1]) was an American educator and 9th Principal^[a] of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts from 1903 to 1933. He was featured on the cover of Time for its 8 Feb 1926 edition.^[6]

Stearns was a guest preacher at Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island.^[7]

Notes

^ The contemporary name for the position is Head of School.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Andover Townsman 1949, p. 1.
^ ^a ^b Fuess 1917, p. 504.
^ Fuess 1917, p. 505.
^ Allis 1979, p. 315.
^ Trustees of Phillips Academy.
^ "Education: Schooling". Time. 8 February 1926. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13.
^ A Paper Presented at the Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Central Congregational Church. Central Congregational Church. March 10, 1927.

Bibliography

Allis, Frederick Scouller Jr. (1979). Youth From Every Quarter: A Bicentennial History of Phillips Academy, Andover. Andover: Phillips Academy. ISBN 978-0-87451-157-4. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
Andover Townsman (17 November 1949). "Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Noted Educator, Dies" (PDF). Vol. 63, no. 4. The Andover Townsman. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
Fuess, Claude Moore (1917). An Old New England School: A History of Phillips Academy Andover. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
Trustees of Phillips Academy. "John Palfrey P'21". Andover. Trustees of Phillips Academy. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.